That life responds to you is an important concept that many fail to ever grasp. For most people it seems like life does things to them and they are there catching. Every so often someone gets lucky and some good things happen, otherwise it just happens. Do you subscribe to that view? If so, it is time to change and get in line with what Rhonda Byrne said.Actually that idea goes back a long way. A fairly recent reference to it is made in The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles. Wattles wrote the book and it had a little success at the time and then lay dormant for most of the intervening 100 years. Rhonda Byrne was given a copy of the book at a low moment in her life and it was a revelation to her. She turned her failing business and unsuccessful life around and produced The Secret which became a world wide phenomena highlighting the law of attraction and Wattles book, The Science of Getting Rich.
By adopting this viewpoint, that life is responding to you you can begin to tap into a new world of success. This is a world entered by the way you think, the way you believe, and the way that you feel. It is a life where every second holds the opportunity to change your life because in any moment you can change how you feel. Byrne was able to take the ideas in The Science of Getting Rich and bring them to life in her world and it turned everything around for her.Wattles suggests that you decide what you want and create a very real picture of it in your mind. That morning and night you hold this picture in mind and enhance it. Learn to walk around it and look at it, touch it, what does it feel like. If it is something you get into then get in, what does it look like inside, how does it smell, how does it feel to the touch, how does it make you feel now that you own it. Make it a sensory rich vision that you are part of. After doing this for a very short time, you will begin to get ideas of what you should do to actually bring the object of your vision to you, write these down and if any of them are actionable, take that action.
Wallace then sets forth the principles of getting rich. Those principles are:Thought is the only power which can produce tangible wealth from formless substance.Man can form things in his thought and by impressing his thoughts upon formless substance (raw materials) he can cause the things he imagines to be created.A man's way of doing things is the direct result of the way he thinks about things.To think what you want is to think truth, regardless of appearance. There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates and fills the interspaces of the universe.
First you have to build a mental picture of what you want. This image needs to be as detailed as possible. What will it look like? What will it sound like? What will it smell like? Who will be there? How will you look? What will you be doing? The more 'alive' you can build the image in your mind, the easier it is for formless substance to bring it to you. I might help to play a movie of what you want in your mind in order to see all the detail, hear people speaking (what are they saying?), feel the new car as you drive down the lane, smell the new furniture as you stroll through your living room. You have to feel as if you already have what you are seeing in your mind's eye.The real key to the process of building your mental picture is to add feeling to it. Put yourself in the place of already having what you want and then feel how it feels to be there. With as much emotion as you can feed into it, let the scene come alive.Once you have fueled your images with emotion and felt like it is already yours, you can then be genuinely full of gratitude that what you have asked for is coming to you. It is the process of infusing your vision with emotion that connects you to source through gratitude. This is how the process works.
He describes with particularity the way you must form clear pictures in your mind of what you want to attain it. He teaches the strength and the power of focused and disciplined intent.Wattles' teaching was not new in 1910 and we recognize in it much of the "new age" thinking on manifesting and creating that is common in thousands of books today. He taught visualization, pioneered by William James and others, and the power of intent, attitude and the disciplined mind. You see his influence in the work of Napoleon Hill and others including many of today's leading authors, philosophers and teachers.
Wallace Wattles is the godfather of the personal development field and he was a man ahead of his time. While reading The Science of Getting Rich I experienced a feeling of dj vu, like I had been down this road before. And I had, his concept is essentially The Law of Attraction. Key to Yourself by Venice Bloodworth published in 1952, says many of the same things, in exactly the same way that Wattles said them. In the film The Secret, the book that the creator Rhonda Byrne refers to that impacted her, is The Science of Getting Rich. It's fascinating to see where the Law of Attraction began, even if it wasn't called that at the time.
Published in 1910, the author says in his book that it is abnormal not to want to be rich, because being rich is the only way you can realize your full potential, and that there is an exact science to getting rich, like algebra or arithmetic. Anyone who follows the law will become rich with mathematical certainty. To become rich, you have to do things a Certain Way.Because the book was published a century ago, the language used may appear odd. He talks about Formless Stuff, Original Substance, Formless Living Substance, Formless Intelligence and so on. He is talking about what we refer to today as energy.
Even though Wattles focuses a lot on visualizing what you want, having a clear mental image, and behaving as if you already have what you want, taking personal action is stated outright in many sections. "When you know what to think and do, then you must use your will to compel yourself to think and do the right things... You must not rely upon thought alone, paying no attention to personal action. That is the rock upon which many otherwise scientific metaphysical thinkers meet shipwreck--the failure to connect thought with personal action."This time around, I enjoyed reading The Science of Getting Rich and I saw things I do not remember seeing before. Despite the name, it's quite uplifting and inspiring, and it teaches many lessons such as a grateful heart, humility and thinking abundantly. Here are some takeaways from the book, which will appear familiar to you.
Since 1910, many different teachers have taught success principles that can transform your life. People such as Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale, Bob Proctor, Anthony Robbins, and Jack Canfield, only to name a few. In nearly all cases, the core of their teachings is grounded in the basic success principles described by Wallace Wattles in "The Science of Getting Rich".More recently, the 2006 film The Secret by Rhonda Byrne was inspired by Wattles' book The Science of Getting Rich and teaches ideas and concepts from the book particularly the concept of creative visualization.
There is no long-winding path to thread, only a brief, direct to the point road to success. Getting rich comes as a result of doing the right things at the right time. One who does the right things gets rich. One who does not do the right things, even if he keeps on exerting effort, will remain poor. This is not based on anything beyond one's reach. The path to getting rich however starts with getting to know how to simplify everything and how to focus one's sight in the systematic run towards success.There will be no need for many things to do. It is clear from the suggestions made in these two works that by doing exactly what they prescribe, success is inevitable. This is what makes things simple. Just do what is said. The two masterpieces clearly outline in very simple 16 lessons the qualities which one must possess in order to achieve success. It is all a matter of knowing what these qualities are. Or perhaps it's a matter of seeing how simple things really are.
[The Science Of Getting Rich]
By adopting this viewpoint, that life is responding to you you can begin to tap into a new world of success. This is a world entered by the way you think, the way you believe, and the way that you feel. It is a life where every second holds the opportunity to change your life because in any moment you can change how you feel. Byrne was able to take the ideas in The Science of Getting Rich and bring them to life in her world and it turned everything around for her.Wattles suggests that you decide what you want and create a very real picture of it in your mind. That morning and night you hold this picture in mind and enhance it. Learn to walk around it and look at it, touch it, what does it feel like. If it is something you get into then get in, what does it look like inside, how does it smell, how does it feel to the touch, how does it make you feel now that you own it. Make it a sensory rich vision that you are part of. After doing this for a very short time, you will begin to get ideas of what you should do to actually bring the object of your vision to you, write these down and if any of them are actionable, take that action.
Wallace then sets forth the principles of getting rich. Those principles are:Thought is the only power which can produce tangible wealth from formless substance.Man can form things in his thought and by impressing his thoughts upon formless substance (raw materials) he can cause the things he imagines to be created.A man's way of doing things is the direct result of the way he thinks about things.To think what you want is to think truth, regardless of appearance. There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates and fills the interspaces of the universe.
First you have to build a mental picture of what you want. This image needs to be as detailed as possible. What will it look like? What will it sound like? What will it smell like? Who will be there? How will you look? What will you be doing? The more 'alive' you can build the image in your mind, the easier it is for formless substance to bring it to you. I might help to play a movie of what you want in your mind in order to see all the detail, hear people speaking (what are they saying?), feel the new car as you drive down the lane, smell the new furniture as you stroll through your living room. You have to feel as if you already have what you are seeing in your mind's eye.The real key to the process of building your mental picture is to add feeling to it. Put yourself in the place of already having what you want and then feel how it feels to be there. With as much emotion as you can feed into it, let the scene come alive.Once you have fueled your images with emotion and felt like it is already yours, you can then be genuinely full of gratitude that what you have asked for is coming to you. It is the process of infusing your vision with emotion that connects you to source through gratitude. This is how the process works.
He describes with particularity the way you must form clear pictures in your mind of what you want to attain it. He teaches the strength and the power of focused and disciplined intent.Wattles' teaching was not new in 1910 and we recognize in it much of the "new age" thinking on manifesting and creating that is common in thousands of books today. He taught visualization, pioneered by William James and others, and the power of intent, attitude and the disciplined mind. You see his influence in the work of Napoleon Hill and others including many of today's leading authors, philosophers and teachers.
Wallace Wattles is the godfather of the personal development field and he was a man ahead of his time. While reading The Science of Getting Rich I experienced a feeling of dj vu, like I had been down this road before. And I had, his concept is essentially The Law of Attraction. Key to Yourself by Venice Bloodworth published in 1952, says many of the same things, in exactly the same way that Wattles said them. In the film The Secret, the book that the creator Rhonda Byrne refers to that impacted her, is The Science of Getting Rich. It's fascinating to see where the Law of Attraction began, even if it wasn't called that at the time.
Published in 1910, the author says in his book that it is abnormal not to want to be rich, because being rich is the only way you can realize your full potential, and that there is an exact science to getting rich, like algebra or arithmetic. Anyone who follows the law will become rich with mathematical certainty. To become rich, you have to do things a Certain Way.Because the book was published a century ago, the language used may appear odd. He talks about Formless Stuff, Original Substance, Formless Living Substance, Formless Intelligence and so on. He is talking about what we refer to today as energy.
Even though Wattles focuses a lot on visualizing what you want, having a clear mental image, and behaving as if you already have what you want, taking personal action is stated outright in many sections. "When you know what to think and do, then you must use your will to compel yourself to think and do the right things... You must not rely upon thought alone, paying no attention to personal action. That is the rock upon which many otherwise scientific metaphysical thinkers meet shipwreck--the failure to connect thought with personal action."This time around, I enjoyed reading The Science of Getting Rich and I saw things I do not remember seeing before. Despite the name, it's quite uplifting and inspiring, and it teaches many lessons such as a grateful heart, humility and thinking abundantly. Here are some takeaways from the book, which will appear familiar to you.
Since 1910, many different teachers have taught success principles that can transform your life. People such as Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale, Bob Proctor, Anthony Robbins, and Jack Canfield, only to name a few. In nearly all cases, the core of their teachings is grounded in the basic success principles described by Wallace Wattles in "The Science of Getting Rich".More recently, the 2006 film The Secret by Rhonda Byrne was inspired by Wattles' book The Science of Getting Rich and teaches ideas and concepts from the book particularly the concept of creative visualization.
There is no long-winding path to thread, only a brief, direct to the point road to success. Getting rich comes as a result of doing the right things at the right time. One who does the right things gets rich. One who does not do the right things, even if he keeps on exerting effort, will remain poor. This is not based on anything beyond one's reach. The path to getting rich however starts with getting to know how to simplify everything and how to focus one's sight in the systematic run towards success.There will be no need for many things to do. It is clear from the suggestions made in these two works that by doing exactly what they prescribe, success is inevitable. This is what makes things simple. Just do what is said. The two masterpieces clearly outline in very simple 16 lessons the qualities which one must possess in order to achieve success. It is all a matter of knowing what these qualities are. Or perhaps it's a matter of seeing how simple things really are.
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